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Jacob Meets Rachel

Genesis 29:5

In 11 translations

BSB
“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
KJV
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
WEB
He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”
ASV
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
LSV
And he says to them, “Have you known Laban, son of Nahor?” And they say, “We have known.”
YLT
And he saith to them, 'Have ye known Laban, son of Nahor?' and they say, 'We have known.'
DBY
And he said to them, Do ye know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We do know [him].
DRC
And he asked them, saying: Know you Laban the son of Nachor? They said: We know him.
GNV
Then he sayd vnto them, Know ye Laban the sonne of Nahor? Who said, We know him.
JPS
And he said unto them: 'Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?' And they said: 'We know him.'
LXXE
And he said to them, Know ye Laban, the son of Nachor? and they said, We do know him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם הַיְדַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־לָבָ֣ן בֶּן־נָח֑וֹר וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ יָדָֽעְנוּ׃
LXX-Br
Εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς, γινώσκετε Λάβαν τὸν υἱὸν Ναχώρ; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, γινώσκομεν·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 24:29Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.
  • Genesis 24:24She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
  • Genesis 31:53May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

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